Making Sense of Testing: What Clinicians Need to Know About ADHD & Autism Evaluations

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Course Description: Making Sense of Testing: What Clinicians Need to Know About ADHD & Autism Evaluations is a practical, clinician-focused training designed to help therapists feel more confident navigating psychological and neuropsychological testing related to ADHD and autism. This course breaks down the differences between school evaluations, psychological testing, and neuropsychological assessments, and clarifies what these evaluations actually measure, how they’re conducted, and why they matter for clients and families. Participants will gain a clear, plain-language understanding of commonly used ADHD and autism measures (such as the Conners, BRIEF, CPTs, ADOS-2, and ADI-R), learn how to read and interpret reports for meaningful treatment planning, and practice translating testing results into therapeutic interventions, pacing, and advocacy. Through case vignettes and applied discussion, clinicians will leave better equipped to collaborate with evaluators, support families in understanding results without pathologizing, and use testing to strengthen therapy outcomes, referrals, and school or workplace advocacy.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Distinguish between school-based evaluations, psychological evaluations, and neuropsychological testing, including their purposes, scope, and limitations.

  2. Identify the core components and commonly used measures in ADHD and autism evaluations, including cognitive, behavioral, and diagnostic tools.

  3. Describe what key ADHD and autism assessment instruments measure in accessible, non-jargony language.

  4. Interpret testing reports and apply assessment findings to treatment planning, therapy pacing, and clinical decision-making.

  5. Translate evaluation results into clear, non-pathologizing explanations that support client understanding, advocacy, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

About the instructor: Dr. Alex Reed is a Clinical Pediatric Psychologist who specializes in psychological assessment of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities from infancy to young adulthood. She has a specific interest in underserved populations and transition-aged mental health service provision and continues to be driven to improve access to services for children of all ages. She continues to partner with local community mental health settings to offer these services.

Alex has been called to support children from an early age, volunteering in multiple disabilities classrooms as a student at Episcopal Academy. Alex continued to work in schools, inpatient and outpatient settings throughout her studies in New York and Philadelphia. Alex continued her studies abroad in Amman, Jordan and Cape Town, South Africa conducting research on childhood assessments abroad. Alex received the Dean’s Scholarship for 5 years of graduate training through the New School for Social Research. She completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Alex’s professional journey took her to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, a top ten US News and World Report pediatric hospital, working in clinics including the neurodevelopmental clinic with complex neurological syndromes in early childhood, the non-accidental head trauma unit, and various outpatient clinics conducting neurodevelopmental evaluations with diverse populations and ages.

Alex is a mom of two incredible humans and also serves as a consultant and contributor for parents of children with neurodevelopment disorders on Dr. Becky Kennedy’s “Good Inside” community and platform. Alex helped develop and continues to nurture the “NDK room”.

Registration Information:

Course held Friday, February 27th from 12-1pm via Zoom webinars

$25- 1 ASWB CE included in cost of registration

Register online at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vQdeUbeeTJmWoPtzYuQ8EQ

Please contact 267-996-9964 x 1 or info@allofyoutherapy.net if you have questions, concerns, or grievances about this course.

Space is limited. Cancellations must be received prior to the event date to be eligible for a refund.

System Requirements:

  • Operating Systems: Windows XP or higher, MacOS 9 or higher, Android 4.0 or higher

  • Internet Browser: Internet Explorer 9.0 or higher, Google Chrome, Firefox 10.0 or higher

  • Broadband Internet connection: Cable, High-speed DSL & any other medium that is internet accessible.

Course Completion and CE Information:

Course completion requirements: Social workers must attend the entire course and complete a course evaluation to be eligible for CE credit.

Certificates of completion will be emailed within 10 business days of course completion.

All of You Therapy, provider #2338, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 07/25/2025– 07/25/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.